From the Air to the Page: The Poetry of John Ashbery

January 14, 2009

The winner of nearly every major American award for poetry, John Ashbery has compiled a substantial body of work that has led many to consider him one of the nation's most important writers of the last half century.

The Poetry Series, featured on the PBS NewsHour and funded by the Poetry Foundation, engages a broader audience with poetry through a series of thoughtful, in-depth reports on contemporary poets and poetry.